Scott Brown along with Michele Bachmann have big targets on their backs. The author shows the two track method of liberal demonization of conservatives.
1. The conservative is a lightweight/idiot – i.e. Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle, George W. Bush (who as we all know was no conservative)
2. The conservative is an evil person – i.e. Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove
The Johnsononian method is to combine the two – i.e. they are both evil and stupid – i.e. Bobby Jindal, Jim Inhofe, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Tim Pawlentey, Jim DeMint, Rick Perry.
Until we show the other side that two can play the Alinksy game (i.e. the politics of ridicule, demonization and personal destruction) we will be handicapped in all future races by our failure to recognize the vindictiveness of our opponents. RINO’s such as John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Richard Lugar seem to have their heads up their butts when they constantly seek to “reach across the aisle” to people who want to destroy them and hate them both politically and yes – personally.
by Kyle Smith
Three weeks ago, few had ever heard of Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown. Now on his way to voting in the Senate, Brown has become a national political sensation. Pulling off the “Massachusetts Miracle,” Brown is the new poster-boy for a GOP resurgence in 2010. But along with his sudden political fame, he will also be the newest target of liberal vitriol and vengeance. After all, he stole what was rightfully theirs — the Democrats’ absolute hold on Massachusetts’ Senate delegation. He’d better be ready, as the liberal character assassins are sharpening their knives and devising strategies to discredit the amateur Senator-elect.
Liberals typically denigrate individual conservatives by applying one of two pernicious taglines: A conservative can be either scary/dangerous, or an idiot/lightweight. The former group includes Dick Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Tom DeLay, Rush Limbaugh, as well as neo-cons and social conservatives as a whole. The latter group — the so-called dunces, include Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele and Glenn Beck. And every once in a while, the liberal heart rejoices in applying both contemptible characterizations to the same conservative; George W. Bush enjoyed this elite status among liberal sharp shooters. (Conservatives, on the other hand, generally discredit liberals by simply calling them “liberals.”)
Senator Brown is next on liberals’ hit list. A few lefty bomb-throwers have dabbled, without success, in concocting the scary/dangerous characterization of Brown. Rabble Rouser Keith Olbermann, on the night before the Massachusetts contest, told his sparse audience that candidate Brown is “an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees.” While leaving out any reasonable rationale for such absurd and vicious name-calling, Olbermann eventually apologized following critiques from members of his own professional and ideological teams. When MSNBC colleague Joe Scarborough and liberal humorist John Stewart rejected the baseless insults, the scary/dangerous tagline was rendered ineffective. This makes sense. Brown is, by all accounts, a nice guy, someone Bay Staters found to be amicable and genuine throughout the short Senate campaign.
But look for a second image assassination attempt to be coming soon. Indeed, President Obama has already provided a subtle hint as to how Democrats will try to knock Brown off the GOP pedestal. While campaigning for Brown’s opponent the weekend before the election, the President feebly reacted to Brown’s campaign ads involving his truck by crying, “So what, everybody can buy a truck.” Aside from dismissing Brown’s undeniably folksy appeal, the President’s reflex was revealing– he was talking down to the soon-to-be Senator. Instead of arriving to the Senate with two best-selling autobiographies, diplomas from Columbia and Harvard, and a so-called expertise in constitutional law, Brown comes with an old truck. This contrast is not lost on many liberals.
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